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Oct 19, 2012

Grobak Padi Hubungkan Yogya-Melbourne

Sejumlah pengunjung Grobag Padi di Melbourne, Australia, menikmati jajanan ala Indonesia yang dijual di dalam gerobak-gerobak, Rabu (18/10/2012). Melalui komputer tablet yang dipasang di gerobak-gerobak itu, pengunjung di Melbourne bisa berkomunikasi dengan pedagang di Yogya.
MELBOURNE, KOMPAS.com- Jarak antara Yogyakarta dan Melbourne menjadi dekat hari Rabu (17/10/2012) malam lewat tablet komputer yang dipasang di beberapa gerobak makanan yang nangkring di pusat kota Melbourne.

Gerobak ini juga menjajakan makanan khas Indonesia, sebagai bagian dari pertunjukkan seni komtemporer Grobak Padi. Gerobak-gerobak tersebut didatangkan khusus dari Indonesia sebagai bagian dari pertunjukan Grobak Padi dengan mengusung tema a little piece of Java in the heart of City(sepotong kecil Jawa di jantung kota).

Menurut laporan koresponden Kompas di Australia, L. Sastra Wijaya, dalam pertunjukkan yang merupakan bagian dari Melbourne Festival, Agung Gunawan (seorang seniman asal Yogyakarta) berkolaborasi dengan koregrafer kenamaan Toni Yap dan seniman visual, Michael Hornblow menampilkan sebuah seni kontemporer mengenai kehidupan masyarakat di Jawa.

Hari Rabu malam, di hari pertama pertunjukkan Grobak Padi tersebut, gerobak-gerobak ini mampir di pinggir sungai Yarra. Para pengunjung yang datang bisa menikmati masakan khas Indonesia seperti baso, sate, nasi goreng, dan wedang ronde.

Menurut rilis yang dikirim KJRI Melbourne, ratusan pengunjung dengan tertib antri di depan masing-masing gerobak menunggu giliran dilayani oleh pedagang. Gerobak-gerobak tersebut akan berjualan sampai dengan tanggal 21 Oktober, tidak hanya di pinggir sungai Yarra tapi juga di Federation Square dan City Square, Swanston Street.

Tidak saja para pengunjungi disuguhi makanan jasmani asal Indonesia, mereka juga diberi suasana Yogyakarta, karena di setiap gerobak terdapat sebuah tablet komputer terhubung dengan tablet yang dipasang di gerobak yang sama di alun-alun Yogjakarta.

Pengunjung terlihat antusias untuk mencoba berkomunikasi dengan warga Jogajakarta yang juga sedang menikmati jajanan yang sama. Di salah satu gerobak, seorang pengunjung terlihat mencoba berkomunikasi walau dengan bahasa isyarat dengan seorang ibu pedagang wedang ronde di Yogyakarta yang dengan malu-malu melambaikan tangannya di depan tablet.

"Keberadaan tablet tersebut memunculkan rasa keakraban antara masyarakat di kedua kota. Rasa keakraban yang kemudian mendorong hubungan yang lebih intens antarkedua kebudayaan inilah yang menjadi tujuan dari pertunjukan grobak Padi." kata KJRI Melbourne.
Editor :
Marcus Suprihadi

Inilah Planet Ekstrasolar Terdekat dari Bumi



WASHINGTON, KOMPAS.com - Astronom menemukan planet ekstrasolar seukuran Bumi yang mengelilingi sebuah bintang berjarak hanya 4 tahun cahaya dari Bumi. 


Planet dinamai Alfa Centauri Bb, sesuai nama bintang yang diorbitnya, Alfa Centauri B. Bintang itu merupakan bintang kedua terdekat dari Bumi setelah Matahari.



Dengan jarak yang relatif dekat dengan Bumi, planet itu memberi harapan bagi manusia untuk menjangkaunya. Namun, apakah Alfa Centauri B dapat mendukung kehidupan?



Penelitian menunjukkan, jarak orbit Alfa Centauri Bb 10 kali lebih dekat dari Merkurius atau sekitar 6 juta km. Jarak Bumi dengan Matahari sebagai perbandingan adalah 150 juta km.

Dengan fakta itu, suhu planet sangat panas, bisa mencapai 1227 derajat Celsius. Jadi, mustahil bagi kehidupan untuke eksis.


Tim pimpinan Xavier Dumusque dari Observatorium Jenewa dan University of Porto di Portigal menemukan planet dengan instrumen High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS).



HARPS adalah bagian dari teleskop 3,6 meter di Observatorium La Silla, Chile. Instrumen itu mendekteksi planet dengan melihat goyangan bintang akibat pengaruh gravitasi planet.



Dalam kasus Alfa Centauri Bb, goyangan bintang yang dideteksi berupa gerakan maju mundur dengan kecepatan 1,8 km/jam. Butuh waktu 4 tahun untuk mendeteksi sinyal adanya planet itu.



"Ini penemuan yang luar biasa dan telah memacu teknik penemuan kami melampaui batasannya," kata Dumusqe seperti dikutip Space, Selasa (16/10/2012).



Sementara Alfa Centauri Bb mengelilingi Alfa Centauri B, planet itu sejatinya merupakan bagian dari sistem tiga bintang, yakni Alfa Centauri A, B dan Proxima Centauri.



Alfa Centauri Bb merupakan planet ekstrasolar dengan massa terkecil yang pernah ditemukan, hanya 1,1 kali massa Bumi. Ukurannya pun hampir sama dengan Bumi. 



Jarak yang dekat membuat waktu orbit Alfa Centauri Bb juga sangat singkat. Satu tahun di planet itu sama dengan 3,2 hari di Bumi. 



Alfa Centauri Bb diduga merupakan planet batuan. Namun, dengan suhu tinggi, batuan takkan berada dalam bentuk padat. Planet tersebut malah mirip dunia yang berlimpah lava.



Meski Alfa Centauri Bb sendiri tak layak huni, namun penemuannya membuka peluang untuk menemukan planet layak huni yang jaraknya tak terlalu jauh dari Bumi.



Menurut astronom, planet lain bisa saja ditemukan mengorbit bintang Alfa Centauri B di zona layak huni, berjarak pas sehingga punya suhu pas untuk mendukung kehidupan. 



"Ada peluang yang sangat bagus untuk mendeteksi planet di zona layak huni yang dekat dengan kita," kata Stephane Udry dari Observatorium Jenewa seperti dikutip AP, Selasa. 



"Mungkin saja ada planet seukuran Bumi di zona layak huni, tak terlalu panas dan tak terlalu dingin, membuat Alfa Centauri menjadi target baik bagi pencarian kehidupan di luar angkasa," kata Geoff Marcy dari University of California.



Penemuan ini dipublikasikan di jurnal Nature, Rabu (17/10/2012) hari ini.

Sumber :
AP/SPACE.com
Editor :
yunan

4 Kiat Diterima Bekerja di Perusahaan TI





Siapa yang tak ingin bekerja di perusahaan teknologi dunia, seperti Google atau Cisco? Bagaimana caranya menembus seleksi yang ketat yang dilakukan oleh perusahaan-perusahaan tersebut? 

Apakah orang Indonesia bisa berkompetisi dengan pelamar dari negara lain?

Pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut pasti terbersit dalam benak profesional TI yang ingin bersaing di dunia global. Himawan Nugroho, Technical Adviser Cisco System di Cisco EMEA (Europe, Midle East, and Africa), adalah contoh orang Indonesia yang berani berkompetisi di dunia dan berhasil. 

Himawan yang kini menetap di Dubai, mengunjungi Indonesia untuk membagikan pengalamannya dan memotivasi mahasiswa dan profesional TI di Indonesia agar berani bersaing di pasar global. 

"Yang harus dilakukan pertama kali adalah membangun pengalaman dan reputasi," ungkap Himawan saat memberikan presentasi di kampus Bina Nusantara Syahdan, Jakarta, Selasa (27/3/2012).

Optimalkan media sosial
Media sosial, seperti Facebook dan Twitter yang tumbuh sangat pesat di dunia, terutama di Indonesia, harus bisa dimanfaatkan untuk membangun reputasi. 

Himawan mengatakan, perusahaan asing akan menggunakan mesin pencari Google untuk mencari nama Anda di internet. Semua rekam jejak Anda di dunia maya akan dipelajari oleh perusahaan yang Anda kirimkan lamaran.

Perluas jaringan
Perluas jaringan pertemanan Anda meskipun tidak ada hubungannya dengan bidang yang Anda geluti. "Anda tidak akan pernah tahu kapan Anda membutuhkan orang-orang tersebut. Ingatlah bahwa 'Trust Circle' sangat berpengaruh terhadap reputasi Anda," jelas Himawan.

Buat resume yang atraktif
Curriculum Vitae (CV) merupakan jantung yang menentukan hidup mati Anda ketika melamar pekerjaan. Perusahaan teknologi dunia, sangat bergantung kepada CV untuk melakukan eliminasi awal. Jika CV sudah berantakan dan tidak menarik, Anda sudah akan disingkirkan sebelum perjuangan dimulai.

Wawancara seperti seorang profesional
Ketika akhirnya dipanggil untuk wawancara, datanglah dengan penampilan paling profesional dan lakukan wawancara dengan sangat profesional. CV yang atraktif dan kemampuan menjawab pertanyaan wawancara yang sesuai konteks, akan melancarkan Anda memasuki perusahaan teknologi dunia. 

Calon Karyawan yang Dicari Perusahaan TI



Perusahaan teknologi yang memiliki nama besar di dunia seperti Apple, Google, Microsoft, dan Cisco, mungkin merupakan tempat kerja impian bagi orang yang memiliki "passion" di dunia teknologi. 


Namun, tidak semua orang berani berkompetisi untuk memasuki perusahaan-perusahaan tersebut. 



Himawan Nugroho, Technical Adviser Cisco System di Cisco EMEA (Europe, Midle East, and Africa), adalah contoh orang Indonesia yang berani berkompetisi dan berhasil. 



Himawan yang kini menetap di Dubai, mengunjungi Indonesia untuk membagikan pengalamannya dan memotivasi mahasiswa dan profesional TI di Indonesia agar berani bersaing di pasar global.



Himawan dalam presentasi di Kampus Bina Nusantara Syahdan, Jakarta, Selasa (27/3/2012), berbagi hal-hal yang dicari oleh perusahaan besar TI dunia berdasarkan pengalamannya. 



Apa saja yang dicari oleh "big company" tersebut?



1. Siapa yang dikenal di perusahaan?
Percaya atau tidak, berdasarkan pengalaman Himawan, perusahaan besar dunia sangat memperhatikan siapa yang Anda kenal di perusahaan tersebut. 



Jika Anda menuliskan dalam surat lamaran bahwa Anda mengenal seseorang di perusahaan tersebut, maka kesempatan untuk dilihat akan semakin besar. Atau, jika ada orang internal merekomendasikan Anda, maka kesempatan akan lebih besar dibandingkan dengan mengajukan lamaran biasa.



2. Keahlian teknis 
Bagaimanapun dekatnya Anda dengan internal perusahaan, namun, jika tidak memiliki keahlian teknis yang dibutuhkan, jangan harap Anda akan dilirik.



"Ijazah sama sekali tidak berpengaruh di perusahaan asing. Mereka juga belum tentu tahu nama kampus Anda. Maka, dibutuhkan tes keahlian untuk membuktikannya. Namun, dari pengalaman saya, setelah memiliki sertifikat CCIE, saya tidak pernah dites lagi soal keahlian teknis," ungkap Himawan saat memberi presentasi di depan mahasiswa Bina Nusantara Syahdan, Jakarta, Selasa (27/3/2012).



3. Kemampuan mengatasi situasi genting
Menurut Himawan, profesionalisme seseorang dilihat ketika semua hal tidak sesuai dengan rencana. Maka, perusahaan besar dunia membutuhkan orang yang berani mengatasi situasi genting sehingga solusinya bisa menyelamatkan perusahaan.



4. Tingkah laku positif
Perusahaan besar dunia sangat menyukai karyawan yang memiliki pikiran dan tingkah laku yang selalu positif. Misalnya, tidak mengeluh dan selalu bekerja sesuai deadline.



5. Bisa bekerja dengan tim
Perusahaan besar dunia selalu mencari karyawan yang terbiasa bekerja dalam tim. Perusahaan-perusahaan besar pasti memiliki beragam divisi dan masing-masing divisi memiliki tim kerja. 



Tak ada perusahaan besar di dunia yang tidak mengandalkan kinerja tim. 



6. Mau terus belajar
Perusahaan besar dunia sangat menyukai karyawan yang mau terus belajar. Karyawan yang terus belajar akan terus meningkatkan kemampuan yang dimilikinya. Hal ini akan berpengaruh bagi kinerjanya di perusahaan. 



7. Selalu bisa memotivasi diri dan orang lain
Karyawan yang selalu bisa memotivasi diri akan bisa memotivasi orang lain. Atmosfir motivasi yang kuat akan meningkatkan kinerja seluruh karyawan dan ini berguna bagi perusahaan.



8. Bisa beradaptasi terhadap perubahan
Perubahan akan terjadi secara terus menerus di perusahaan dan tidak bisa diubah. Karyawan yang tidak bisa beradaptasi dengan perubahan yang ada, akan segera disingkirkan dari perusahaan. 



9. Membawa ide segar
Karyawan yang bisa selalu menawarkan ide-ide segar akan terus dipertahankan oleh perusahaan karena mampu memberikan sesuatu yang baru. 



10. Latar belakang dan pengalaman yang kompeten
Karyawan atau calon karyawan yang memiliki latar belakang pendidikan dan pengalaman kerja yang kompeten, tidak akan mudah dilepas oleh perusahaan. 



Oleh karena itu, sejak melamar pekerjaan, melengkapi curriculum vitae adalah syarat penting agar Anda dipertimbangkan. 

11. Penguasaan bahasa asing
Tak hanya bahasa Inggris, semakin banyak bahasa asing yang dikuasai, perusahaan besar dunia akan semakin berat melepas Anda. Perusahaan teknologi dunia pasti memiliki partner atau kantor reprensentatif di negara-negara lain. 



Karyawan yang menguasai beragam bahasa tentu memiliki kesempatan lebih besar mendapatkan proyek di negara-negara tersebut.



12. Kemampuan berkomunikasi 
Meski profesional TI lebih banyak berkomunikasi dengan komputernya, namun kemampuan komunikasi dengan manusia harus juga dikuasai.



Berdasarkan pengalaman Himawan, banyak sahabatnya yang gagal saat wawancara pekerjaan di perusahaan besar, hanya karena tidak memiliki kemampuan komunikasi yang baik dengan sesama manusia. 

Sep 12, 2012

Gangnam Style, Neil Armstrong, OST Perahu Kertas Masuk Pencarian Populer Google



Trenologi baru saja mendapatkan informasi tentang 10 pencarian paling populer di mesin pencari Google pada tanggal 24-30 Agustus 2012 untuk Indonesia. Gangnam Style, Neil Armstrong, dan OST Perahu Kertas adalah beberapa kata kunci paling populer selama satu minggu kemarin.
Hasil pencarian lainnya adalam KRS IPB yang bisa jadi berhubungan dengan awal masa kuliah, lalu tentang Iron Man 2 yang diputar di televisi lokal dan menarik pengguna mesin pencari Google untuk mencari informasi tentangnya di Google.
Gangnam Sytle masuk menjadi 10 pencarian populer, video musik dari artis pop Korea PSY ini saking populernya mendapatkan perhatian dari Britney Spears dan Vanessa Hudgens. Video klip mereka di YouTube telah dilihat sebanyak 77 juta selama satu bulan. Sedangkan OST Perahu Kertas juga masuk karena bersamaan dengan pemutaran film ini di Bioskop.
Berikut adalah daftar 10 kata kunci pencarian paling populer di mesin pencari Google untuk Indonesia selama satu minggu dari tanggal 24-30 Agustus 2012.
1) KRS IPB
Bogor Agricultural University’s (IPB) Kartu Rencana Studi or Online Class Registration was the number one search result for the week, perhaps due to the beginning of the school year.

2) Neil Armstrong
U.S. astronaut and the first man on the moon passed away this week

3) Iron Man 2
This 2010 film sparked additional interests as it was being broadcast on national terrestrial TV

4) Klasemen Liga Inggris
The English Premier league is in full swing, prompting many to find out the schedule and rankings of their favorite teams!

5) Puasa Syawal
A recommended continuation of the fast after Idul Fitri for six additional days within the month of Shawwal (syawal).

6) Caroline Correa
A Brazilian model and actress who is recently seen with Benicio Del Toro and Bryan Singer in a popular ice cream ad now showing in Indonesia

7) Portal UNRI
University of Riau (UNRI) is also launching their online class registration program this week.

8) Gangnam Style
A highly popular and addictive music video by Korean pop star PSY that went viral after being noted by many pop stars around the world such as Britney Spears and Vanessa Hudgens. The video on YouTube reached nearly 78 million views within a month!

9) Step Up Revolution
The latest Jon M. Chu produced dance movie opening in Indonesia this week.

10) OST Perahu Kertas
The original soundtrack (OST) of Perahu Kertas, a popular Indonesian film now in cinemas, made an impression to many Indonesian internet users.

Sumber gambar: ViralBlog.

Feb 28, 2012

Tombol Jalan Pintas (shortcut) Pada Keyboard

Mungkin anda sudah mengenal beberapa cara pintas mengunakan keyboard dalam pengoperasian komputer, kali ini anda akan belajar beberapa yang baru.Tapi jika anda seorang yang tidak terbiasa dengan keyboard dan merasa pincang tanpa mengunakan mouse, cetak daftar jalan pintas Keyboard ini, beri tanda yang anda pikir berguna dan simpan kertas tersebut di samping komputer, sampai keterampilan baru anda ini terlatih. Mudah-mudahan bisa membantu anda.


25 Tombol Jalan Pintas pada Keyboard — untuk Windows

Organisasi dan produktivitas selalu saling berkaitan. Sulit untuk memiliki satu tanpa yang lainnya.

Kita selalu berpikir tentang bagaimana memperbaiki beberapa kebiasaan praktek organisasi dengan cara yang terbaik untuk digunakan setiap hari. Salah satunya adalah pekerjaan kantor menggunakan komputer.

Keyboard shortcut. Adalah tombol jalan pintas pada keyboard yang digunakan dalam operasi komputer.
Artikel ini memberikan anda pengetahuan tentang bagaimana menguasai 25 tombol shortcut yang paling penting dengan mengunakan keyboard. Dengan belajar bekerja secara terorganisir, pekerjaan anda akan jauh lebih produktif. Pekerjaan menggunaan komputer yang biasanya menghabiskan banyak waktu, dengan cara ini mudah-mudahan bisa membuat pekerjaan anda lebih cepat.

Catatan: Semua huruf menggunakan kapital, tetapi anda tidak perlu terus tekan tombol Shift kecuali jika memang ditentukan. Anda juga tidak perlu mengetikkan tanda plus(+); tanda plus berarti menekan kedua tombol pada saat yang sama.

Penggunaan dalam sistem operasi Windows
1. Alt + Tab (memilih(toggle) diatara program / pekerjaan yang akan di buka)
2. Tombol Windows + M (membuka desktop, / minimize semua pekerjaan)
3. Tombol Windows + Tab (memperlihatkan semua pekerjaan di task bar)
4. PrtScn (meng save gambar di layar ke clipboard; "paste" gambar di layar tsb ke program editing anda untuk membuat file gambar)
5. Tombol Windows (membuka menu aplikasi windows)



Untuk Penggunaan Browser
6. Ctrl + T (membuka tab baru)
7. Ctrl + Shift + T (membuka kembali tab terakhir yang telah di tutup; bisa beberapa kali)
8. F5 (reload/refreash)
9. Backspace (Ke halaman sebelumnya; bisa beberapa kali)
10. Ctrl + Tab (membuka diantara tab yang ada)



Untuk aplikasi-aplikasi yang biasa
11. Ctrl+ Z (undo pekerjaan sebelumnya)
12. Ctrl + Y (redo pekerjaan sebelumnya)
13. Crtl + O (membuka file)
14. Crtl + S (save)
15. Ctrl + W (menutup(close) windows yang aktif)
16. Crtl + Q (quit)



Copy-dan-Paste
17. Ctrl + A (pilih semua(select all) dalam window yang aktif; contoh: pilih semua text di halaman)
18. Ctrl + X (cut)
19. Ctrl + C (copy)
20. Ctrl + V (paste)



Find, Select, dan Navigasi Text
21. Ctrl + F (find; sangat berguna untuk mencari kata dalam suatu halaman website atau dokumen)
22. Ctrl + Shift + tombol panah ke bawah (mem blok semua sampai kebawah)
23. Ctrl + Shift + tombol panah ke atas (mem blok sampai ke paling atas)
24. Ctrl + Home (krusor berpindah ke atas/awal dokumen)
25. Ctrl + End (krusor berpindah ke bawah/akhir dokumen)

Feb 26, 2012

Control Is Needed When Building a Blog


When building a blog there are a few things you MUST be mindful of before you even start blogging or your anticipated success will never happen! Firstly you need to anticipate that creating content will consume a lot of your time and effort! With that being the case you'll want to take measures to be sure you can back up every new blog post you create! In addition you'll also want to get the best results when generating traffic while also making sure visitors are greeted by an environment on your site that is comfortable and pleasing! To accomplish these 3 important objectives you'll need to establish some type of control over these areas before you decide to go live online and start blogging!

Here are 3 aspects of your platform you'll want to establish control over even before the first new blog post is even submitted for public viewing!

Data Base Control

If you don't have access to your own data base for back-up and/or transferring purposes you are at risk! You absolutely must be sure you can access your own data base and never assume that however is hosting your site will allow you to do so! Remember you are the one whose time and effort have gone into creating content and then posting it on your site! It only stands to reason that you be allowed 'direct' access to anything you posted or even the configuration of the site itself! You worked hard composing each new blog post and attracting the comments visitors left, which are vital in terms offering 'social proof' of the popularity your site has gained! These things are rightfully yours so be sure you have total control in this area! 

Domain Name Selection

Although free platforms may be available the sub-domain names they offer are neither professional nor eye-catching! You want complete control over the selection of your domain name and how it appears in the browser window! The free platforms found online are great for beginners and/or short term use but if you have 'big' plans once you start blogging it is best to own your domain name as opposed to using a 'free' one! The typically sub-domain name is unusually long and lacks relevance to what your site is all about!

Control Comments

This is NOT to imply you rule with an 'iron hand' on what people can say but merely you should monitor comments that are disruptive or non-productive! Whether you comb through each remark or use an available widget that filters out spam (recommended) you don't want to necessarily expose your readers to these type comments! Don't be fooled thinking your the only one who reads remarks left at your site! Do your visitors a favor and 'insulate' them from these useless comments that are the equivalent of verbalized graffiti!

There are certain steps you need to take before you start building a blog that if you overlook you may end up regretting you did so! It all comes down to controlling certain aspects of your site concerning your ability to choose your own domain name or even backing up any new blog post you have created! Remember it's your site and therefore your efforts that go into creating content or even moderating the conduct of visitors to your platform! The 3 key aspects over which you want total control, and rightfully so, are discussed above and this control should be clearly established before you even compose your first new blog post!

Tips For Building A Successful Technology Blog Site


You may have heard of blogging but not be sure what it is or why so many people are doing it. If so, you're far from alone--lots of people are curious about blogging. If you are one of the many who are thinking about starting a blog and would like to know the benefits, use the tips and ideas in the following article to help you with your path to blogging success.

Many bloggers create revenue by allowing advertisements on their sites. If you use too much advertising, your blog will lose effectiveness, and you may lose readers. If all people see are ads when they visit your blog, they will look elsewhere for the information they seek.

Traffic to your blog can be increased through link exchanges. You can exchange links with other owners of blogs that have similar content. Don't submit a link to a completely unrelated blog. You want to drive targeted traffic to your website and build your search engine rank by getting backlinks from relevant sites, so focus on that.

Start developing your blog's mailing list as early as possible. The earlier that you begin, the longer amount of time that you can grow your list. This list may prove profitable for you down the line. It can be a paramount mistake to not begin a mailing list at the beginning of your efforts. 

If you are fortunate enough to have some spare money, try to attend some blogging conferences. You will gain a vast amount of knowledge at a blogging conference and you can use it to improve your own blogging efforts. In addition, they allow you to socialize with other successful people, which tends to result in your own blogging success.

While expanding your readership through linking and other strategies, track your statistics so you can see what works and what doesn't. Try out different things to see what works best.

Read and respond to the feedback given on your post without letting it effect you emotionally. Regardless of the topic or your thoughts, there is always someone who will see it differently. Use the constructive criticism you receive to upgrade your blog. Any that don't offer something of value, you should reply to let them know you've read it and forget about it. You will show maturity and, ultimately, grow your readership.

A great way to draw in more traffic is through contests and freebies. Who doesn't like getting something for nothing? You don't have to give away anything expensive. Give away freebies regularly and you'll find that your visitor base is growing rapidly. Readers will check your pages more often, if they think you might be giving away freebies.

Keep in mind that blogging is an extremely social business. This means being accessible to your readers, open to opinions, and interested in posting comments. Additionally, it is important to be visible and communicate with others in your industry or niche. If you do nothing, it is very unlikely that your blog will be successful. You must engage and interact with potential readers and other bloggers in order to achieve success.

It is necessary that you use the appropriate font for your blog. You want your font to be appealing and easy on the eyes. You want to achieve the perfect balance, avoiding a font that is so big that it overtakes the whole page or so tiny that your readers find it difficult to read the text.

Now that you've read the above tips, you have the tools to make an amazing blog that will draw tons of visitors. Keep this article handy as a quick reference guide any time you want an easy way to increase the visibility and success of your blog.

Technology Blogging For Both The Beginner And Experienced Blogger


Blogs not only affect the lives of their readers, they significantly alter the life of their writers, too. If you are looking to have an influence on people and the issues that affect them, blogging may be just the thing for you. Read this article for tips about ways in which you can craft a meaningful blog that will effectively communicate with your readers.

Your love and enjoyment of your blog is integral to its success. If you're bored by what you're writing, your readers will be bored to. On the flip side, if you're passionate, your readers will be hooked. Decide on the topic you are most passionate about, and have a good time sharing it with others! If you have a good time writing the blog, chances are your visitors will enjoy reading it.

Always try to incorporate figures, charts and graphs if possible. This type of content adds interest and quality to your blog. Using this technique will increase the quality of each blog post and drive in more traffic to your site.

When beginning your blog, start with a couple of excellent blog posts that introduce who you are and what your blog will be about. Start with basic information about who you are and what you will be blogging about. Include photographs and graphics which clearly illustrate what your blog is trying to achieve. If you are not one to give out too much of your personal information, it is not necessary to put up a picture of yourself. Just make sure that the pictures represent the subject.

You have to decide if your blog will have advertisements. Allowing ads on your blog can generate a great deal of revenue. The problem with ads is that they can cheapen your blog and dilute your message. It's obvious you're blogging for money when your reader sees an ad, and they might lose trust in you due to this fact.

Make sure the text in your blog is sufficiently large, but not too large. Since your blog's content is the most important feature, you must determine the best font size. You need to strike a balance; text that is too big will make readers scroll endlessly, while readers will need to grab the magnifying glass to read tiny microtext. 

Giving away freebies is a wonderful way to attract visitors. There are few things that excite people more than the chance to win something. The giveaway doesn't even have to be for something expensive in order to draw in new visitors. You will achieve the best payoff by offering as many giveaways as you can. When readers come to know your site as one that offers frequent freebies, they will visit your blog to see what new offering you have.

Blog about interesting, relevant topics. Everyone has general day-to-day chores, such as washing the dishes or vacuuming. Unless you can discuss them in a really interesting way, it isn't going to keep your reader's attention. Choose an interesting topic that most people can relate to. The main goal in blogging should be to get as many readers to your site as you can.

Blog promotion and useful, relevant content are needed for a blog. Quality content is a key area to making your blog a success. If you aren't producing quality content on a daily basis, your readers will end up going elsewhere. You can have quality content, but if you are not promoting your site, it really doesn't matter. Mixing together both of these approaches is a good way to guarantee you get all you can from your blog.

Your blog's theme must be SEO friendly. Not only will you be able to increase your search engine rank, but your site will also run more efficiently. Nowadays, speed is extremely important. Readers do not like waiting for graphics and other plug-ins to load. They'll go back to the search engine and be at a faster blog before you know it.

Have a greater goal in mind when you begin to blog. Are you trying to establish your brand or become an authority figure in a certain niche? Or maybe you are just looking to produce a blog that makes money. Maybe you just have an assortment of aims in mind. You need to keep your goals in sight and set up your blog accordingly.

Take the time to properly investigate every subject that you intend to blog about. If you are not well versed on the subjects you post about, you could deliver misleading or inaccurate information. Additionally, you will require a sufficient level of expertise in order to adequately respond to comments.

Don't focus on the money. While it is certainly quite possible to make a living by blogging, creating a content that focuses completely on your pocketbook will almost certainly lead to disaster. Building a following takes time; if your blog's subject doesn't really interest you, your readers will quickly sense the disconnect. The blog needs to be on a subject that you are interested in, and have an enjoyment of, if you wish for your enthusiasm to be embraced by your readers.

Maintain the health of your blog. You should do maintenance every so often to ensure your blog is easy to navigate and that everything is working properly. You can also update your layout as your site evolves. This will keep visitors interested and make sure that your blog is in good working order.

Utilize Twitter and Jaiku micro-blogging to your advantage. You can use such services to announce the latest posts you make to your blog and notify your loyal readers that you have fresh content. It's a great way to stay engaged with your readers and keep them interested.

Whether you plan to sell, market or simply chronicle your daily life, the blogging tips you have just read should help you be more successful. Apply the tips that will work for you, and keep in mind that when you are putting something online, everyone will be able to see it.

How To Make Money From Your Blog With Affiliate Marketing


Blogging is a great hobbie that allow individuals to express their thoughts, knowledge, beliefs and opinions and get other internet users to read the content written on their blog. There are a number of people who started a blog just to write about stuffs they love and interested in without seeking any financial benefits. However, some of these bloggers may become so popular and influential overtime that they now have a large number of loyal followers that visit their blog regularly to read it's content. This gives the blogger a great opportunity to start earing an income for their effort with affiliate marketing.

Affiliate marketing is a method to make money online by helping sell products and services owned by other people for a commission for each sale you make via your affiliate link. The way to monetize your blog with affiliate marketing is to join an affiliate program or affiliate network and recommend products and services to your followers that will be of help and value to them. Because you're already into blogging and have a number of followers that you've built relationships with you're in a great position to succeed with affiliate marketing.
Your Known Online Presence Puts You In A Better Position To Succeed With Affiliate Marketing

Having a blog and a known online presence is a very important requirement for succeeding with affiliate marketing. Many Affiliate Marketers when just starting out usually have to go through the process of starting a blog, put sufficient content on it, drive traffic to their blog, build relationships with visitors to their blog and then start promoting products and services to make sales. This process is time-consuming and requires a lot of work.
Therefore, if you've been blogging for a long time and accumulated a lot of followers your affiliate marketing foundation is already set. You can get started with affiliate marketing by joining an affiliate network and start recommending good products and services to readers of your blog. However, you need to use the correct marketing strategy and chose the right products to promote to get people to buy stuffs you recommend.

Best Way To Make Money With Affiliate Marketing
The best way to promote products is to write helpful and informative articles on particular subject matters then recommend relative products or services at the end with your affiliate url linked to an anchor text. There are other ways you can market products such as product reviews and text and banner ads.

Why You Should Have Adsense for Your Blogs

Most people start a blog for a hobby, or an online business but both have the potential to make money. With free blogging platforms such as blogger or Wordpress, starting up a blog is an incredibly easy thing to do but first you must register before being allowed access to their services.

One of the best things about blogs is the flexibility they offer to bloggers, as they can be updated anytime. In fact, some people choose only to publish some new content to their blog every day, whereas others only do so once a week.   No matter how often you decide to update your blog, making sure that you only publish unique high quality posts is really important if you intend to make money from your blog.  The hardest decision you will have to make as a blogger will be deciding whether or not to feature ads on your blog.
  
Google Adsense is perhaps the best paid ad platform that actually pays you money for those ads.  Here's how it works, they give you ads to host on your blog and every time someone clicks on an ad you get paid money directly into your Adsense account. In fact, Google allows you to host specific ads on your blog, giving you the ability to only host ads which are associated with your content.  That way your readers are only given relevant ads to look at.

The amount of money that you earn from these ads is determined by a number of factors.  The main ones are the amount of traffic you blog receives, how much the advertisers are paying you and how relevant those ads are to what your audience is looking for. Blogging with Adsense is perhaps the easiest way for you to make a second income from home without spending any money.  That is why I strongly advise you to try it for yourself, that way you can determine whether this money making opportunity is worth doing.

One of the main things I like about blogging is the fact that once your blog is running well and receiving a good level of web traffic, the thing practically works on autopilot.   This means that you can make money doing anything as it works for you 24/7. I won't lie to you though, the hardest part in your blogs development is trying to get it off the ground but once you manage it you can reap the rewards it has to offer. Learning how to start up a success blog is by far one of the best skills that a blogger can learn, and when you understand the basics you can start your blogs up fast.  That way you could potentially manage a large number of blogs that practically work on autopilot making you loads of money.

Sep 10, 2010

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Sep 5, 2010

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